May 2011
Beginner
456 pages
13h 3m
English
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Index
A
absolute paths, 32
absolute white, 163
Action datablock, Dopesheet, 322–323
Action Editor context, Dopesheet, 322
Active Element panel, Object Data Properties, 146–147
Active Spline panel, Object Data Properties, 142–143
active strip, 367
Add Bone Group option, 309
Add effect, 367
Add menu, 333
Add Modifier button, 98
Add Selected to Active Group option, 83
Add Selected to Bone Group option, 309
Add Textbox button, Text Boxes panel, 151
Add/Multiply menu, 237
Add-Ons section, User Preferences, 29, 352, 399
aliasing, 400
Align Active Camera to View option, 41
Align options, Paragraph panel, 150–151
aligned handles, Bézier curves, 141
All Z pipeline feature, 372
Alpha Over effect, 367
Alpha Under effect, 367
AlphaOver node, 382
Always option, Metaball panel, 148
Ambient color, World Properties, 237
ambient occlusion (AO), 204, 236–238, 373
Ambient value, Texture Properties, 195
Amount value, Particle Properties, 330
anatomy, edges following, 116
Angle drop-down menu, 118
animation. See also armatures; rigging; simulations
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